Main Features of Farming in Germany European Economic and Social - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Deutscher Bauernverband Main Features of Farming in Germany European Economic and Social Committee Meeting of the Farmers' Category Contact Adalbert Kienle Deutscher Bauernverband Claire-Waldoff-Straße 7 10117 Berlin Internet: www.bauernverband.de

Agricultural Production in Comparison to EU 27 Deutscher Bauernverband  Germany as the second largest agricultural producer of the EU: → Agricultural production value in 2011 = 52,9 billion Euro  Therefore: Germany has a share of 13 percent of the EU agricultural production

Agricultural Production in Comparison to EU 27 Deutscher Bauernverband  German agriculture and its shares of the agricultural production of EU 27 (by products: rape, pork, milk, potatoes, sugar, cereals, beef, eggs, poultry)  Germany is leading in product sectors : • Milk • Pork • Potatoes • Rape

Features of German Agriculture 2010 Deutscher Bauernverband  Utilised agricultural area (UUA) of 16,7 million ha + 11 million ha forest (82 percent of the area of Germany)  300.000 farmholdings with more than 5 ha: • Almost one half = part-time farms • 2 percent legal persons (18 percent of UAA) • 7 percent partnerships (16 percent of UAA) • 34.000 farms > 100 ha (16 percent of UAA) • 1.500 farms > 1.000 ha (15 percent of UAA) • 72 percent of all farmholdings with livestock  Productivity : One farmer feeds 135 fellow citizens

Agriculture as an Economic Sector Deutscher Bauernverband  Agriculture is a small sector of German economy • decline of its importance during the 20th century • today: 0,9 percent of German GDP and 667.000 employees (1,6percent)  but: Agribusiness (up- and downstream sectors) is still important for German economy • 7 percent of the German GDP • 12 percent of all German employees (2010: 4,8 million employees)

Farmholdings in Germany Deutscher Bauernverband  293.900 farmholdings German Farmholdings 2010 (Classified by Size) (2011) in Germany with an utilised agricultural area of 16,7 million ha → on average: one farm has an area of 57 ha Number of farmholdings  with an area of 100 ha and more is constantly growing

Farmholdings by Type of Production Deutscher Bauernverband  72 percent of all farmholdings with livestock (2010): • 12,5 million cattles • 27,6 million pigs • 128,9 million poultry • 462.000 horses and donkeys • 2,1 million sheeps • 150.000 goats milk-/beef- plant mixed others production production Farms 44,3 22,0 19,0 14,7 (percentage) Area 34,2 33,4 27,8 4,6 (percentage)

Structure of Pig Farmers in Germany Deutscher Bauernverband

Structure of Dairy Farmers in Germany Deutscher Bauernverband

Bioenergy and Agriculture Deutscher Bauernverband  Bioenergy as an attractive source of income  Farmers as important investors : own 72 percent of all biogas plants in Germany (2.300 megawatts)  Increasing cultivation of renewable raw materials : 2,28 million ha in 2010 (19 percent of the agricultural crop land)  Biomass as most important source for the production of renewable heat: 92 percent (2010)

German Farmers: Good Mood Continues Deutscher Bauernverband Agricultural Business Barometer (September 2012) 34,1 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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